An Open Internet Doesn't Equal Freedom

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Since the story goes that the fax machine hastened the fall of the old Soviet-controlled Eastern Bloc 25 years ago, you’d think the Internet and cellphones would be flushing all of the world’s autocrats and fanatics down the commode of history.The fax is to today’s global, mobile and social networks what a rubber ducky is to an aircraft carrier. The Internet in all its forms is ubiquitous in developed nations and growing fastest in the least-developed nations. Some governments try to block or constrain the global network but increasingly find they can’t. Iran has tried as hard as any nation.

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